View full sizeDarren Sykes, 29, is led by Mobile police officers to a waiting patrol car en route to Mobile County Metro Jail at the department's headquarters on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Sykes is accused of shooting a man who is believed to have shot him on July 7, 2013. (Theresa Seiger/tseiger@al.com)

MOBILE, Alabama -- One man has been jailed after police say
he shot a man multiple times this morning in retaliation for a July 7 shooting.

Darren Sykes, 29, is facing one count of first-degree
assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle after officers say
he shot an unidentified 29-year-old who was sitting in a car this morning.

Officers were called to Arlington and Ann streets around
8:15 a.m. today after a man was reportedly shot, said Cpl. Christopher Levy,
spokesman for the Mobile Police Department.

When they arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple
gunshot wounds, Levy said.

"What we know through this investigation is it's
actually an act of retaliation," Levy said. "They've known each other for a very long time, and it all started over while they were roommates from some time ago"

On July 7, the victim is believed to have shot Sykes. Ashley
Rains, spokeswoman for MPD, said Sykes still has bandages from the attack.

Levy said the unidentified man will be charged with second-degree assault
when he is released from the hospital.

"We have an ongoing dispute where they have shot each
other and ultimately both of them go to jail," Levy said.

The victim is expected to survive, but Levy said his
injuries are serious.

"I don't know what happened," Sykes told reporters
as he was led toward a waiting patrol car at Mobile police headquarters. "They
just came and got me, I'm shot -- I'm the victim."

He laughed when asked whether he had shot the unidentified
man in retaliation.

"I don't do crime," he said.

Sykes was found today after he learned police were looking
for him and locked himself into a home on Sligo Street, Levy said. Officers
were able to take him into custody "without any significant action."

Records from Mobile County Metro Jail show Skyes has been arrested multiple times before, mostly on traffic offenses. He has also faced charges of possession of marijuana, harassment and resisting arrest.